We have all experienced the warmth and support friendships bring when we have a setback. A friend once wrote me a cheque for $50,000 when I...

Yesterday I was waiting in a queue at a fruit shop check out when I received a call from Julia (daughter and hero) to read me a letter she h...

An arrest has been made and I spent last evening making a statement to police detectives, who were not only smart, but were gentle and patie...

His name was Stafford but with a father and grandfather of the same name close by, we called him David to avoid confusion and that might hav...

. Perfect infant Born to children Too soon. Innocent prodigy In adult world Too soon Making choices Taking chances ...

Friday dawned calm and cool, light breeze forecast and although on the nose, it was only four hours after all, so it was go, destination Sna...

As predicted, we attracted suspicion from members of the most secretive of secretive sects, but were eventually approached by an older gentl...

He was 97 and I do not remember ever meeting him. He is ‘survived’ by my aunt Malvina (Ray) 99, who I have not seen for sixty years, althoug...

Marjorie In my childhood, my difficult childhood, she was there for me. In her decline, her long cruel decline, I was there for her. But her...

Julia. My Hero. Air, fire, wa-ter, Earth, my daughter Grounded, loving, cool. El-e-ment-'ry Female wisdom- Her genetic pool. Originally ...

Choice. Like all big happy families We have rules. One drawer for undies, Two pairs of shoes. Three books, one radio Two pictures, not big. ...

This post was prompted by Rel's Magpie 24 and the poem written while nursing my mum who just wanted it all to end but was afraid of th...

Helen (bless you) went right back to my first blog (Carer Blues One). She commented that she, like me, wrote to stay sane while caring for ...

Air, fire, wa-ter, Earth, my daughter Grounded, loving, cool. El-e-ment-'ry Female wisdom- Her genetic pool. Prompted by Magpie Tales

It was the year De Havilland built its first jet fighter in Australia. Thunder shook my body for minutes as terror mounted while I scanned ...

Hovee Ray, paternal grandfather, moved from Tasmania about 1919 leaving behind most of the family, good breeders all and now scattered all ...